castanyes blaves
Random ramblings about some random stuff, and things; but more stuff than things -- all in a mesmerizing and kaleidoscopic soapbox-like flow of words.11/30/2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/06810fda-61bf-11da-8470-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=43abaa32-c99b-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html
MIT plans to have 5m-10m of the low-cost laptops produced next year and distributed on a non-profit basis to primary school pupils through governments in seven developing countries: China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria and Thailand. In 2007, MIT aims to launch a commercial version of the computer with a slightly higher price tag that could then partly subsidise the non-profit model.
and an amazing declaration of intentions:
?We aim to reach 100m-200m laptops in 2007,? Mr Negroponte said. Global laptop production is expected to total 47m units this year.
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